"Court, cameras, action! Souter's departure could clear the way for far more transparency at the Supreme Court." Tony Mauro has this op-ed today in USA Today.Posted at 09:10 PM by Howard Bashman"No filibuster, but Sotomayor battle still looms": The Associated Press has a report that begins, "Republicans won't try to filibuster Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court nomination, a key GOP senator conceded Wednesday, all but admitting there's little chance of blocking her confirmation as the first Hispanic justice."Posted at 06:17 PM by Howard Bashman"5th Circuit council backs impeachment for Houston judge": The Houston Chronicle has a news update that begins, "The Fifth Circuit judicial council and Chief Judge Edith Jones dealt a double blow today to convicted U.S. District Court Judge Samuel Kent, 59, by formally recommending his impeachment for criminal misconduct and by rejecting his bid to be certified as disabled -- a status that might have allowed Kent to collect judicial retirement benefits indefinitely even while in prison."

In late December 2007, as I originally reported in this post, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued an order granting the defendant's petition for allowance of appeal to decide "[w]hether accessing and viewing child pornography over the internet constitutes 'control' of such pornography under 18 Pa.C.S. sec. 6312(d)?"

Yesterday, a unanimous Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, by a vote of 4-0, affirmed the en banc Superior Court's decision upholding the defendant's conviction. You can access yesterday's ruling at this link.